GLACIER
Final Master Plan
May 1977
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APPENDIX B:
LEGISLATIVE DATA

10. Glacier National Park

Act of May 11, 1910, establishing Glacier National Park in the Rocky Mountains south of the International Boundary Line in Montana

Act of Legislature of Montana, approved February 17, 1911, ceding to the United States exclusive jurisdiction over Glacier National Park

Act of August 22, 1914, accepting cession by Montana of exclusive jurisdiction over lands embraced within the Glacier National Park

Act of Legislature of Montana, approved March 6, 1919, amending State general fish and game laws to provide that licenses issued thereunder shall not entitle holder to hunt in any national park within the State of Montana

Act of Legislature of Montana, approved February 27, 1929, granting to the United States concurrent police jurisdiction over rights of way of Blackfeet Highway and over rights of way of its connections with Glacier National Park Road System on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation in the State of Montana

Act of May 2, 1932, accepting grant by Montana of concurrent police jurisdiction over rights of way of Blackfeet highway and over rights of way of its connections with Glacier National Park Road System on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation in the State of Montana

Excerpt from Sundry Civil Act of March 4, 1911, authorizing expenditure of proceeds of leases, etc., in the administration of roads, etc., in the Glacier National Park

Act of February 10, 1912, authorizing the withdrawal from entry or sale not to exceed five acres of land within the town site of Midvale, Mont., for use in administrative purposes of Glacier National Park

Act of February 27, 1915, authorizing the Great Northern Railway Company to revise the location of its right of way, all lands north of the north line of the revised right of way being excluded from the Lewis and Clark National Forest and made a part of the Glacier National Park

Excerpt from Sundry Civil Act of July 1, 1916, authorizing acceptance of patented lands or rights of way over patented lands in Glacier National Park that may be donated for park purposes

Act of July 3, 1916, providing for relief of certain homestead entrymen for land within the Glacier National Park

Act of March 2, 1917, authorizing the sale of certain lands at or near Belton, Mont., for hotel purposes

Act of March 3, 1917, authorizing the exchange of lands with owners of private lands within Glacier National Park

Act of February 28, 1923, authorizing an exchange of lands with owners of private holdings within the Glacier National Park

Excerpt from Sundry Civil Act of June 12, 1917, authorizing acceptance of buildings, moneys, or other property which may be useful in betterment of administration of the Glacier National Park

Act of March 23. 1928, for the relief of Fannie M. Hollingsworth — Excerpts from act of January 26, 1931, to provide for uniform administration of the national parks, prohibiting permits for summer homes and acquisition of rights of way for steam or electric railways within the Glacier National Park

Act of May 2, 1932, establishing tbe Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park

Resume of Legislation Since 1932

May 2, 1932 Blackfeet Highway and connections, concurrent police jurisdiction, administrative control and jurisdiction of Secretary of the Interior.
July 31, 1939 Establishment of fish hatchery.
December 13, 1944 Elimination of fish hatchery.
August 8, 1946 Authorization to exchange Federal lands or property for non-Federal lands or property with the park.
March 16, 1948 Authorization to acquire lands, buildings, or other real and personal property from the State of Montana.
December 16, 1930
June 25, 1948
June 25, 1948
June 25, 1948
May 24, 1949
Various sections of earlier acts repealed.


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